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W/TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT C. CARR, OF MIDDLESBOROUGH, KENTUCKY.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,197, dated May 17,1892.

Application filed January 2, 1892. Serial No. 416,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. CARR, residing at Middlesborough, in thecounty of Bell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Kitchen- Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivekitchen-cabinet which will effectually serve for the purpose intended;and 'it consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangement ofparts, all of which will hereinafter be fully described in thespecification, and then pointed out in the claims, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of myimproved kitchen-cabinet, parts being shown in section. Fig.2 is avertical cross section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of myimproved cabinet, and Figs. tand 5 are detailviews hereinafter referred to.v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the cabinet-body,which in its general outline is of substantially the construction shownin the drawings, which is divided into three general sections B, C,andD, in the central one of whichB are arranged drawers E E, adapted forvarious uses, above which are disposed the kneading-boards F F, arrangedone above the other and in opposite sides of the guideways ff, in amanner clearly understood from the drawings.y The top board B of thesection B forms the bottom of the upper or main section C, in the upperpart of whichis arranged a cupboard c, provided with one or more shelvesc c', which cupboard, when desired, is held closed by a detachable boardor cover G, which is also adapted to be used as a shelf when desired,guides g g on the under side of the base-board c2 being provided,into'which the said cover G can be slid. It will be noticed by referenceto Fig. 4 that the said guides g are extended a short distance beyondthe front face of the cupboard to form a rest for the lower edge of theboard when it is used as a cover for the cupboard c.

At the upper front edge of the cupboard is a strip. g', having an innerbeveled edge g2. In placing the board G over the cupboard its upper edge(which is also beveled, as at G) is fitted under the strip g', afterwhich the lower end is slipped onto the projected ends of the guides gg, the board being held therein by the beveled strip g.

`To each side of the cupboard c are formed chambers, in which are hingedsmaller bins H, more especially adapted for holding sugar, coffee, &c.,and which are of the construction most clearly shown in Fig. 2, byreference to which it will be seen that they are formed of the frontwall h, hinged at h to the baseboard c2, the rearward and upwardlyinclined bottom h2, the rear wall h3, and the upwardly and forwardlyinclined top h4, which top, however,'eXtends but vpartially over thebin, whereby a discharge-opening h5 is formed. It will be observed byreference to the aforesaid igures of the drawings that when the bin H ispulled out to the position shown in dotted lines its inclined top wall,owing to the manner in 'which the bin is hinged, engages the top ct ofthe casing and limits the forward pull of the bin, exposing, as it were,its opening h5 only, thereby preventing the danger of tilting the bintoo far and spilling the con` tents. Furthermore, by inclining thebottom, as shown, the contents of the bin are thrown toward the frontunder the opening h5, thereby making the removal thereof the more easy.At the rear of the lower portion` of the section C is arranged alongitudinal series of small bins I, four being shown in the drawings,over which are arranged a seriesV of slidecovers J. r

To provide means whereby any one of such bins shall always remain openwhile all the others are held closed, I arrange but three of such coversJ, so that by sliding one or more of the covers in reverse directionsaccess may be readily had to any one of the said bins and such bin heldopen, thereby avoiding the danger of making mistakes when using thedifferent spices. y y

K indicates the large bins, disposed in the lower space D, eachof whichare hinged at k, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and are so arranged astoalways balance when either full or empty. The bottom k of eachbin isinclined upward toward the back k2 to throw the material forward, and isalso formed with a forwardly-projecting top section k3, which when thebin is pulled forward engages a IOO stop L and limits the outward pullof the bin, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The upper compartmentmay be held closed, if desired, by a hinged lid C', as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimand desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A kitchen-cabinet comprising a main frame having an upper compartmentC,formed with a cupboard c, the guide-cleats g, disposed under thecupboard and projected beyond the front edge, the beveled strip-g',disposed onV the upper front edge of the cupboard, and the removableboard G, having its upper edge beveled, all arranged substantially asshown, and for the purpose described.

2. A kitchen-cabinet comprising an upper compartment C, a centraldrawer-compartment E, and a lower bin-compartment D, a cupboard c,disposed in the upper end of the compartment C, hinged bins I-I,disposed to each end of such cupboard, the guide-cleats g under thecupboard, having their front edges projected beyond the bottom of thecupboard, the beveled strip g at the Vupper front edge of the cupboard,the removable board G, formed With a beveled outer edge G', and the binI, formed With a series of compartments disposed at the inner lower edgeof the upper compartment O, all arranged substantially7 as and for thepurpose described.

ALBERT C. CARR.

Witnesses:

BUCKNER McELRoY, S. LYNN KLIVER.

